Improvement in whiffle-tbee hooks



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IMPROVEIIIEII'IA IN WHIPPLB-TREB BOOKS.

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IG ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM H. HAWLEY, of Utica, Oneidacounty, New York,have invelited n. new and useful Improvement in Whittle-Tree Hooks; andI de hereby' declare that-the following is a full, clear-,nud exactdescription of my saidinvention, and of the mode of operation of thesame, reference'being had t-o the annexed drawings, making a. part ofthis specification, which represent in perspective the said invention.

-A is the thixnble or socket; B is the hook; B is a rivet therein; C isthe latch or stop; `Cl is the point thereof; C2 is the inner endthereof'. All the parts may be oi1 malleable iron or other suitablemetal.' The thimhle or socket Amay be ofthe usual form, or of any otherconvenient form. The hook B is attached to one side ofthe thilnble. Thepeint thereot is gradually curvedv upwzil'd sufficiently high to allowthe ring, coekeye, or leather trace to pass between such point and thethimble; The latch or stop C is' formed of a single piece, and isriveted to the point of B by thel rivet B, as seen in the drawings, andwhen in place it has its point Cl turned in nearly in thedirection ofthe part of the hook B, under which it lies, While the other end, C2,extends beyond the point of B, as is also seen in the drawing. The pointC, when the latch is raised up, lies close te the hook Bf The weight ofthe point C causes it to fall down and rest on the thix'nble.

The operation is as follows: The thirnble is attached to thewhiffle-tree in therusual manner. The cockeye or leather trace is runover the point of the hook B and Cz and pressed down. This will causethe stop C to rise, and the coekeye muy then be pgssed over the point Clof C, when the stop will fall down and the eocheye er trace is lockedfast. When the trace is to he unhitched, the cockeye is pressed hacksufficiently far to catch the point C1, and it is then 'turned towardthe point of B, when it is readily released from thehook B. Theoperation may be aided pressing the/lingeron the point C: and depressingit, when thecockeyeumgty he dra-wn oli` readily. This arrangementreduces the hook to the greatest simplicity, and does .ft-wey with ellsprings, and

the traces may behitched and unhitched with the greatest readiness withone hand. Having thus described my invention, what I claim therein asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi The whIlIe-tree hook,composed of the thimble A,.hook B, and latch or stop C, constructed andoperating in combination substantially as described, and for the usesVend purposes mentioned.

WM. H. HAWLEY.

Witnesses:

DANIEL WATERMAN, Jr., JOHN G. GnocKEn.

